Senna auriculata (L.)Roxb.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Senna Miller
Tribe: Cassieae
References: [1774]

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Other names:

• Cassia auriculata L. [Synonym] [1774]
  
• Cassia densistipulata Taubert [Synonym] [106]
  

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Common Names:

• Avaram [1902]
  
• Tanner's Cassia [1960]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Chemical products [121]
  
• Domestic [1960]
  
• Environmental [1960]
  
• Medicine [121]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Ghana [8]
  • Nigeria [8]
  • Sierra Leone [8]
  • South Africa [107]
  • Sudan [106]
  • Tanzania [106]
  • Zaire [8]

• Asia [1936] [2021]
  • India-ISO [106]
  • Malaysia-ISO [1936]
  • Myanmar [106]
  • Pakistan [2021]
  • Sri Lanka [106]

• Indian Ocean [3052] [3076]
  • Maldives [3076]
  • Mauritius [3052]

• Middle East [1939]
  • Yemen [1939]

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Notes:

• Status in Africa uncertain (FTEA).
  
• Presence on Mauritius not confirmed by Polhill (1990). [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:50:11